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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a meeting of spiritualists;
- Example: "the seance was held in the medium's parlor"
[syn: seance, sitting, session]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

S'eance \S['e]`ance"\, n. [F., fr. L. sedens, -entis, p. pr. of
   sedere to sit. See Sit.]
   A session, as of some public body; especially, a meeting of
   spiritualists to receive spirit communications, so called.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

seance
    n 1: a meeting of spiritualists; "the seance was held in the
         medium's parlor" [syn: seance, sitting, session]